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Here are 7 Costco Kirkland products that shoppers claim are “totally overrated” some may surprise you.
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Kirkland Caesar Salad
Costco sells lots of popular bagged salads.
However, there is one that several shoppers advise against buying: The Caesar Salad.
“WAY too much lettuce, ingredients are basic and not flavorful.
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And the dressing is just plain bad.
Don’t think I’ll get another one,” one shopper claimed onReddit.
“It’s slimey and tastes gross.
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“The turkey is not just wet.
It’s drippy and too thick.
Not worth buying,” anotheragrees.
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“They don’t dissolve well at all and keep staining my clothes blue!”
“I don’t like them either.
Thankfully, I don’t have the blue problem but nothing ever felt clean, and always felt filmy.
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I was so disappointed!”
a second personchimed in.
However, they are supportive of the Kirkland paper towels.
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“Toilet paper quality has gone downhill.
Now it’s thinner,” one shoppernotes.
Another claims that it also “gets dust everywhere.
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My bathroom is always covered in white dust and I hate it,” theywrite.
“Never, ever been good.
The paper towels are bussin though,” a thirdadds.
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Kirkland Chicken Salad
You should skip the Kirkland chicken salad, several Redditors suggest.
“Maybe I’m crazy but I remember it being addictive.
Nowadays it tastes like somebody walked by and knocked a salt shaker into it.
No flavor except straight salt,” one shoppercommented.
“Yes it changed and now it seems like they just add a cup of oil to the recipe.
Used to love it, no more,“agreesanother.
A third, who was previously a fan,maintainsthat the “last few times was inedible.
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Kirkland Batteries
One of the most mentioned items to avoid in a Reddit thread?
“I recently bought a pack of AA batteries.
Batteries normally last for about a year in the remote,” one shopperclaims, with many others agreeing.
Kirkland batteries have destroyed many of our home accessories (flashlights, headlamps, remotes, etc).
They’re absurdly bad,” anothersupports.
“Pepperoni pizza yeah there are 4 of the most mid pizzas you will ever eat.
I will literally eat any pizza and I hated those pizzas,” onewrites.
The frozen peperoni pizza was one of the worst things I’ve ever eaten,” anotheradds.
